Mc Nelly Torres

Mc Nelly Torres is an award-winning investigative journalist, trainer and newsroom leader based in South Florida. At the Center for Public Integrity, Torres led an award-winning team producing investigative reporting with a focus on inequality. She also managed the third season of the award-winning narrative podcast, “The Heist: Land of Broken Promises.” Awards for projects produced at Public Integrity include a national Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting and a national Edward R. Murrow Award for overall excellence. Torres also was part of the team that produced “40 Acres and a Lie” in collaboration with Reveal and Mother Jones. Previously, Torres worked as an investigative producer for NBC6 in Miami and also has worked at five dailies across the nation. In 2010, Torres co-founded Florida Center for Investigative Reporting where she worked as a reporter, editor and associate director. Torres has earned over a dozen awards throughout her career, including an Emmy for her work at NBC, a Gwen Ifill Award, and several awards from organizations such as the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Education Writers Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. She was a Center for Health Journalism 2018 National Fellow for which she reported on the health and health care disaster that unfolded in her native Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.